Rothemberg, BoostVC and Vive X accelerate virtual reality

Some of you will know already that in addition to the project Mondivirtuali.it I’ve been involved or almost two years in the Italian startups accelerator SeedUp, specialised in the realization of ad hoc acceleration paths focused on pre-seed and seed investing, ie the stages in which the startup is made, business plan is defined and validated and the very first investiments for further development of the company are started.

Even SeedUp look at virtual reality

Well: among the areas that SeedUp is considering, considerng them very promising, beside green economy, food, fintech and insurtech there is also technology, particularly the development of apps and services for smartphones, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The VR / AR field is very competitive and you need very strong skills (and adequate capital): if you think to be successful simply by offering more or less graphically curated content for some public bodies or private companies you risk not to go a long way.

Rothemberg Ventures believes more than all of us

It is interesting, then, to take a look at what are the main investors in this field and on whom they have bet so far. The first posting is, as recently stated a report by CB Insight, an old acquaintance of Mondivirtuali, ie Rothemberg Ventures, which has so far invested in 37 rirtual and/or augmented reality startups including, lastly, Vicarius Surgical, a “medtech” startup which aiming to use VR in the medical field.

Even BoostVC bet on blokchain and VR

Second place was ranked BoostVC, an accelerator which wagered in particular on blockchain technology and VR, with 24 startups accelerated so far. Their last bet is Vizor, a Finnish startup which has developed a platform for the creation of virtual reality content.

Vive X has already 24 startups in its portfolio

Third in the CB Insight rankings has been placed Vive X, an accelerator built up by Vive, producer of th VR viewer HTC Vive, even this one well known to Mondivirtuali’s followers. Vive X invested in 24 startups, among which an enterprise tool developer (Snobal) and an athletic trainer for soccer (Soccerdream), both of course using VR technology.

A wealth of investors and startups

Behind these three accelerators ranked The Venture Reality Fund, Precence Capital, Techstars, Colopl, Intel Capital and Y Combinator which have bet (sometimes together) on names like Skully, Upload, Rogue Initiative, Owlchemy Labs, Limitless, Eonite Perception or The Wave VR just to name a few. Keep these names in mind, because is possible that the next “unicorn” which will excite Wall Street’s fantasy may emerge among them. If you wanna know how this will end continue to follow Mondivirtuali.it, even through our account on Twitter and our fanpage on Facebook (but remember: Mondivirtuali is also on Flickr, on Pinterest, on Scoop.it, on Paper.li and also on Youtube).